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Hamish Treleaven
“I’ve worked with James Young on many occasions over the years. Morgan Young’s willingness to unbundle their services, their knowledge and reach across the market have made the firm easy to partner with. They have consistently delivered positive outcomes.
Morgan Young’s approach is refreshing. It was honest, professional, and transparent. We worked in true partnership, which has delivered lasting benefits to the business”
“We look forward to working with Morgan Young again.”
Hamish Treleaven, Chief Risk Officer - ASXAllison Higgins-Miller
“Suzanne is a total professional. Her personal integrity and business execution ensures that her clients experience greatly improved outcomes.Combined with her knowledge and enthusiasm, working with Suzanne is a real pleasure.”
Alison Higgins-Miller, CEOMichael Belakov
“I have worked with Suzanne for some time and have found her to be professional, genuine and sincere. Suzanne is well networked and highly knowledgeable about her market. She is a subject matter expert and a trusted advisor. Suzanne knows and understands my business needs and delivers successful outcomes. She has the ability to get senior candidates who otherwise wouldn’t be interested in looking for roles interested in talking to me. I would not hesitate in using Suzanne’s services again at next opportunity.”
Michael Belakhov, ex-General Manager - Enterprise Business Intelligence, SAS Institute AustraliaBrendan Trewartha
“Suzanne conducted an executive search on behalf of Toshiba TEC resulting in my joining the company in 2007.
Suzanne’s understanding of Toshiba TEC’s requirements and her enthusiasm and follow-up with Toshiba TEC and myself was instrumental in this outcome.
I highly recommend Suzanne, our company would not hesitate to use her services again in the future.”
Brendan Trewartha, Ex-MD of Toshiba TEC AustraliaGenevieve Walker
“I found the firm to be highly credible and James Young was extremely professional. I found our dealings to be realistic and straightforward, which built my trust in the process quickly. Morgan Young is the only recruitment firm I have dealt with that genuinely takes placing the right candidate with the right role seriously.”
Genevieve Walker, Director - National Manager Retail Lending at Macquarie GroupFiona Hathaway
“I used the services of Suzanne to drive Senior Search projects for us in both Sydney and Melbourne, generally Sales and Marketing and GM level. Without exception Suzanne met and often exceeded my expectations, she has a level of credibility with Senior Executives which meant she could generally convince them to come to the table and consider joining us, she was driven to provide a very thorough market map, whether we hired or not and we were able to develop a very open and “trusted adviser” relationship with her, where she was not afraid to push us where necessary and give her expert advise when she felt we would benefit from it. I would not hesitate to use Suzanne again for my Executive Search work.”
Fiona Hathaway, Asia Human Resources Director - Microsoft Services Enterprise Consulting at MicrosoftKevin Leighton
“I have had the good fortune to work with Suzanne Day of Morgan Young and happy to provide this recommendation. Suzanne operates with a persistent and immediately engaging, insightful style, and is able to bring the right opportunities and candidates together quickly. Suzanne is an experienced professional in her industry and when searching for the right talent for a variety of business management and executive leadership roles, I have no reservation in recommending her.
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Kevin Leighton, Services Executive: Recovery, Renewal & Return at Data#3Carlos Quaderi
“My experience with Morgan Young was great. They excel in stakeholder management and expectation management. I received proactive support throughout the process and cannot fault their logistics from follow through to closure.”
Carlos Quaderi, Microsoft Practice Leader for Asia Pacific HQ, SingaporeLis Brown
“I appreciated being kept updated at all stages of the engagement process. Suzanne made me feel comfortable to raise questions at any time and I felt like I was valued throughout the entire process. Keep doing what you’re doing!”
Lis Brown, General Manager / Acting CIO-China, CBABen Hobby
“Morgan Young’s consistency of communication, knowledge of the role, and their understanding of the company and its people and culture was of a very high standard. Their service, attention and approach to candidates, from my experience, is a huge leap ahead of other large executive search firms.
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Ben Hobby, CEO at ItreeRachel Clow
“I wanted to shoot a note through to say how impressed I’ve been with the calibre of the people you’ve selected to interview. You’ve absolutely nailed the brief and I’m very happy with how it’s going so far.”
Rachel Clow, General Manager, CBAPrimoz
“The personal touch from Suzanne Day was appreciated, and being able to meet in person to discuss the opportunity made it easier to make a final decision.”
Primoz Luzar, Principal Technical Solutions ConsultantEllucian
Hamish Treleaven
“I’ve worked with James Young on many occasions over the years. Morgan Young’s willingness to unbundle their services, their knowledge and reach across the market have made the firm easy to partner with. They have consistently delivered positive outcomes.
Morgan Young’s approach is refreshing. It was honest, professional, and transparent. We worked in true partnership, which has delivered lasting benefits to the business”
“We look forward to working with Morgan Young again.”
Allison Higgins-Miller
“Suzanne is a total professional. Her personal integrity and business execution ensures that her clients experience greatly improved outcomes.Combined with her knowledge and enthusiasm, working with Suzanne is a real pleasure.”
Michael Belakov
“I have worked with Suzanne for some time and have found her to be professional, genuine and sincere. Suzanne is well networked and highly knowledgeable about her market. She is a subject matter expert and a trusted advisor. Suzanne knows and understands my business needs and delivers successful outcomes. She has the ability to get senior candidates who otherwise wouldn’t be interested in looking for roles interested in talking to me. I would not hesitate in using Suzanne’s services again at next opportunity.”
Brendan Trewartha
“Suzanne conducted an executive search on behalf of Toshiba TEC resulting in my joining the company in 2007.
Suzanne’s understanding of Toshiba TEC’s requirements and her enthusiasm and follow-up with Toshiba TEC and myself was instrumental in this outcome.
I highly recommend Suzanne, our company would not hesitate to use her services again in the future.”
Genevieve Walker
“I found the firm to be highly credible and James Young was extremely professional. I found our dealings to be realistic and straightforward, which built my trust in the process quickly. Morgan Young is the only recruitment firm I have dealt with that genuinely takes placing the right candidate with the right role seriously.”
Fiona Hathaway
“I used the services of Suzanne to drive Senior Search projects for us in both Sydney and Melbourne, generally Sales and Marketing and GM level. Without exception Suzanne met and often exceeded my expectations, she has a level of credibility with Senior Executives which meant she could generally convince them to come to the table and consider joining us, she was driven to provide a very thorough market map, whether we hired or not and we were able to develop a very open and “trusted adviser” relationship with her, where she was not afraid to push us where necessary and give her expert advise when she felt we would benefit from it. I would not hesitate to use Suzanne again for my Executive Search work.”
Kevin Leighton
“I have had the good fortune to work with Suzanne Day of Morgan Young and happy to provide this recommendation. Suzanne operates with a persistent and immediately engaging, insightful style, and is able to bring the right opportunities and candidates together quickly. Suzanne is an experienced professional in her industry and when searching for the right talent for a variety of business management and executive leadership roles, I have no reservation in recommending her.
“
Carlos Quaderi
“My experience with Morgan Young was great. They excel in stakeholder management and expectation management. I received proactive support throughout the process and cannot fault their logistics from follow through to closure.”
Lis Brown
“I appreciated being kept updated at all stages of the engagement process. Suzanne made me feel comfortable to raise questions at any time and I felt like I was valued throughout the entire process. Keep doing what you’re doing!”
Ben Hobby
“Morgan Young’s consistency of communication, knowledge of the role, and their understanding of the company and its people and culture was of a very high standard. Their service, attention and approach to candidates, from my experience, is a huge leap ahead of other large executive search firms.
“
Rachel Clow
“I wanted to shoot a note through to say how impressed I’ve been with the calibre of the people you’ve selected to interview. You’ve absolutely nailed the brief and I’m very happy with how it’s going so far.”
Primoz
“The personal touch from Suzanne Day was appreciated, and being able to meet in person to discuss the opportunity made it easier to make a final decision.”
Suzanne Day
Managing Partner
Suzanne joined Morgan Young in 2009 as the Managing Partner for Technology and is a co-owner of the firm. Suzanne is a business leader who understands first-hand the demands and challenges facing executives and boards. Suzanne is trusted by enterprise clients, privately held businesses and the private equity community across Asia Pacific & Japan to appoint Senior Executives and build Board capability. Suzanne has earned a reputation for being agile, transparent and always able to deliver. Suzanne excels at global searches for specialised skills and competencies for Australian and Asian domiciled clients.
Suzanne’s search career began in the UK in 1996 before moving to Australia in 1999. Since 1999 Suzanne has worked with global technology vendors and professional services firms building their leadership teams across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. With over twenty years’ experience in search and a specialisation in the technology sector, Suzanne has built a network and reputation which gives the firm access to the best possible talent across the region and beyond. Suzanne has lived and worked in Spain, Indonesia, Jordon, Singapore, United Kingdom and Australia. Suzanne holds a Bachelors Degree in Politics & Philosophy from the University of West England.
James Young – Managing Partner
James Young is the founder and Managing Partner of Morgan Young. James leads Morgan Young’s Asia Pacific Financial Services business and is based in Sydney. He is a member of the firm’s Board Practice and partners on various senior-level assignments. James is closely involved in several of the firm’s key client relationships in the region. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and currently serves as Secretary & Treasurer for the AESC Council of Asia Pacific & Middle East.
Since founding Morgan Young in 2007, James has been responsible for leading the Financial Services Practice and overseeing the growth of the Singapore and Hong Kong offices across both the financial services and technology practices.
James and his team have successfully completed mandates in Retail Banking, Professional Services, Investment Banking, Global Technology Vendors, Corporate Banking, Fintech Start-ups and Big Data & Advanced Analytics with Australian, UK, US, and Japanese listed corporations. Morgan Young’s clients are leading blue-chip organisations and pioneering companies in the region.
James has lived and worked in the UK, USA,Saudi Arabia and Australia. He read law at Queen Mary’s College, University of London and graduated with honours.
Nicole Gunning – Partner
Asset & Wealth Management
Nicole is a Partner at The Culleton Partnership (TCP). Nicole has an established Practice and is a trusted advisor for critical talent agendas such as leadership, succession, gender balance and board composition. Nicole partners with Asset & Wealth Management organisations, working with senior executives across money management, advice, corporate superannuation, institutional and retail distribution, product, strategy and marketing. Nicole has over 25 years’ Executive Search experience following an early career in financial markets.
Nicole joined The Culleton Partnership in 2004, and became a Partner in 2011. In 2018 Nicole added herself, and TCP, to the Morgan Young platform allowing both organisations to broaden their depth and deliver their expertise to select clients in the Australian and Hong Kong markets. The Culleton Partnership is the most well recognised and highly regarded specialist Asset & Wealth Management Executive Search & Leadership Advisory firm in Australia with significant tenure with Executives in equities, fixed interest, alternatives and property. The firm also recruits across the general management spectrum i.e. General Managers, CFOs, senior distribution and marketing professionals through to COOs and CEOs. Nicole has proved consistently successful in identifying and extracting highly specialist candidates and teams to senior level positions for her clients and has been instrumental in building a number of new businesses through successful team blending and managing 4 investment team lift-outs. Nicole graduated from UNSW with a Bachelor of Commerce.
Tiffany Egan – Chief Marketing Officer
Tiffany Egan is Principal and Founder at Social6, a consulting firm specialising in strategy design and execution for marketing, content and social media. Prior to founding Social6 Tiffany worked in managerial and executive roles at high tech companies around the world. Brands she’s supported include Lotus Development, Tivoli Systems, IBM, TIBCO Software and Cisco Systems. She prides herself on being a ‘no drama’, collaborative, results oriented business partner.
Tiffany has lived and worked in Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America and has run country level, regional and global teams. She is leading Morgan Young’s marketing, content, and demand generation activities. She has a proven track record of building high performing, happy teams, designing process for efficiency, bridging gaps between Sales and Marketing and creating go-to-market campaigns which bring tangible revenue results. She’s a fan of innovation and technology and in having practical conversations about how to help businesses get the results they want,using budgets big or small.
Tiffany holds a Bachelor of Business majoring in International Business and Japanese from Monash University.
Tiffany Scotton – Partner
Optim Leadership Consulting
Tiffany joined Optim as a Partner and Director in 2015 following 20 years of business psychology experience across a range of internal and consulting roles in Australia, the UK and the US. She has spent her career supporting senior leaders and their teams in developing a deep insight into themselves and their aspirations, with a view to helping ultimately achieve these goals. She has a particular interest in supporting her clients to successfully navigate key transitions. Tiffany has a young family and is passionate about personally creating a meaningful, sustainable and fulfilling career and life whilst enabling others to do the same.
Morgan Young and Optim Leadership Consulting formed a strategic partnership in 2017.
Stanley Lam – Director
Morgan Young Hong Kong Ltd
Stanley is a Director of Morgan Young Hong Kong Ltd. He is a Veteran IT Executive in Product, Solution and Service operations covering major enterprise customers in Greater China and Hong Kong. Stanley was formerly the Managing Director for SAS HK Ltd; SAP HK Ltd; General Manager HK & Southern China for Teradata; and the General Manager for East China for NCR. As one of the most respected technology executives in the region Stanley has added tremendous value to the growth and positioning of Morgan Young in the North Asian geographies. Stanley is a trusted advisor managing complex strategic mandates for multi-national technology and professional services organisations. In conjunction with his appointment to Morgan Young Stanley is also a Director of Datamargin.com, a big-data analytics services business, which has just completed it’s first round listing at the New Equities and Exchange Quotation (NEEQ) market in Beijing. They are heading towards IPO in SZ market.